Not tripping traffic lights
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pink poodle
気が狂っている男
I push ALL the buttons as I ride through the red.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Most lights here in SA have bicycle buttons, if its just a left turn and its a dodgy junction i'll take the footpath till the cars clear.
Just before I head down the road to my work there's a wide crossroads with a freight train line across it, you either wait for a car to rock up or go... I kinda go around the corner as if im going left then ride across the pedestrian route and back onto the road.
If there's no button and nobody sees you, was the light actually red
Just before I head down the road to my work there's a wide crossroads with a freight train line across it, you either wait for a car to rock up or go... I kinda go around the corner as if im going left then ride across the pedestrian route and back onto the road.
If there's no button and nobody sees you, was the light actually red
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
Frames don't have to be steel to trigger the inductor loop, any metal will do the job. Some inductors are less sensitive than others; if you have a particularly troublesome one, ring up your state roads authority (you can usually find a trouble-reporting phone number on the signal control box beside the intersection) and report the inductor as faulty. They are supposed to detect all vehicles, and bikes are legally defined as vehicles.
To assist triggering the sensor, ride along any of the lengthwise lines in the road and weave across it to ensure it detects you. It can sometimes help to lean the bike over so the spokes pass a bit closer to it, but this generally isn't necessary. Even on my carbon-framed, carbon-rimmed roadie I can trigger most sensors in this manner, as the steel spokes are detected. My alloy-framed & rimmed commuter also triggers without problems.
stirk
Burner
What if you ride on flats?
Inductor what? I've had motor bikes not trip the crossing thing - what does it rely on to work?
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Start the day with more fibre.
link1896
Mr Greenfield
Small trenches are cut into the road surface, located where a car would stop if the light were red. Inside these trenches wires are laid. A current is fed through these wires, generating a magnetic field. Any metal inside the magnetic field causes changes to the magnetic field that electronic circuitry can detect, and tell the light controller to change.
These electronics are in a road side cabinet with a reference number and a phone number to call in case of fault.
It is tricky to sense a car at >1 ton and 400 grams of stainless spokes. Older electronics, or ones not calibrated correctly, won't detect our bikes.
pistonbroke
Eats Squid
I think I'll start calling VicRoads on the signal fault line whenever I find a sensor that won't work on my bike. I really don't think they will care or take action as they view bikes as a pest.
Ironically they have a beautiful painted off-road bike path running right out the front of their Kew head office. But it seems to be a very symbolic bike lane as it just ends at the border of their property. Probably cost us $10m. But I think it is representative of all of Melbourne's bike lanes that also go nowhere.
Ironically they have a beautiful painted off-road bike path running right out the front of their Kew head office. But it seems to be a very symbolic bike lane as it just ends at the border of their property. Probably cost us $10m. But I think it is representative of all of Melbourne's bike lanes that also go nowhere.
steve jobs' pancreas
Eats Squid
The traffic lights turn blue tomorrow.
I'm heading down the wrong track on this one ain't i
I'm heading down the wrong track on this one ain't i
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Tomorrow is a new day, and it is now...
Rob_74
Likes Dirt
They extended it about 6 months added about another 80m!. It now go near our house. The amount of night roads works to paint such a short amount of pavement was unbelievable. Can see where their budget goes....
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